Luckily, I had ocasion to visit Italy, few years ago with my old class. They have so many magnificent places, buildings, nature.
I'd like to vistit more countries in Europe and also other continents - Africa, Asia, America, Australia...that'd be wonderful :)

This summer I went to Spain in Lloret de Mar (Costa Brava). It's relly good city. :P There are many clubs, cafe and 8) clean,hot sea ... If you want, can go to Barselona or Salou.
I was there in July and I want back again.

I've heard that there is a stairway called Spanish steps but it's in Italy, so I just wanted to make sure what I've heard is correct. It's called "Spanish" steps but it's in Italy so I thought maybe that person told me wrong. Maybe it's in Spain. That was my question. And if it's in Italy, I wonder why it's called Spanish steps. Anyone?

Podziomka, I found the answer about Spanish steps when I was surfing around Wikipedia website. It's an interesting website. Here the link you can check out the information about Spanish steps and other subjects if ya like,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Steps

In my opinion, the best country to visit is Japan because we can play many exciting games in the Disney and also we can see the famous cartoons there too.Also,the food there is very delicious especially the shushi and there has a lot shopping centres which we can buy many gift to my friends tooooo!
PS.I am happy to tell you that we have the same topic,let's come and give some comments!!!

Never been to Japan but I'd love to visit there some day in the future. Right now, I have no money for Japan. I have to save a lot for it because I've heard that it's the most expensive country in the world. Especially Tokyo, everything is expensive there. I'll visit Tokyo with my cousins in the future. We've planned about it although we're stuck with school, job, and low money in the bank. I think in the next two or three years, I will finish my school and it'll be time for travel. I'll go to Japan (Tokyo), Hong kong, the Philippines, Italy, and France. HEHEHE that's a lot of traveling. Love it though!

In fact, not just Tokyo, Hokkaido in Japan is also a wonderful place. I have been there two years before, and it is in summer. There are lots of beautiful lavender in the fields, and you can buy lavender cushions, lavender candies and taste the delicious lavender ice-cream ! Well, I really want to taste that ice-cream again! Besides, Hokkaido has a lot of special, tasty food, like chafing dish with the crabs with very long legs ,Rahmen Noodles,'Hidaka beef' and 'Shiraoi beef' , 'Jingisukan', a popular Hokkaido-style barbecue... Yummy!
Also, you can visit the bear ranch and have a hot-spring bath in Hokkaido!
If you want to know more about Hokkaido, you can go to the following web-sites: :P http://www.japan-zone.com/omnibus/hokkaido.shtmlhttp://kanko.pref.hokkaido.jp/kankodb/f ... v_i002.htm

Hey,simplyblessedwithlove
Thanks for your share,actually it really need to spend a lot of money to travel so much countries especially Japan.Although Japan's clothes or food is very good, it really need to use a large sum of money for this trip to Japan.But in my opinion Japan is really worth us to visit.I wish you will have a nice trip with your cousins in the near future.
Also,i want to introduce another wonderful place to you too which is called "Maldives".It is really a wonderful place for us to relax ourselves,so i wish you will love this place and let me show you some pictures about "Maldives"

simplyblessedwithlove
Thanks for your reply,actually Maldives is really a marvellous for us to visit as the view there is really beautiful,if you love swimming then it will a suitable place for you as there are a lot of beaches,not only for swimming ,you can diving there as i know that there are a activity for the tourist that they can have the chance to dive and see the colourful coral.It's really fantastic!!!
Also something special about Maldives is some of the hotel there are built in centre of the sea that mean if you want to go back to your hotel,you have to swim !Isn't that funny?????

Actually, i have been to Taiwan only, and i think Taiwan is really a wonderful country to visit, especially the bookstores and the night markets. If you visit taiwan, what you have to worry about is how to spend your time efficiently and how you can visit all the places that you are interested in. JUST VISIT AND ENJOT!

Henry Lu wrote:
I think France is one of the most beautiful countries in the world you must visit,when you are alive.I just like France best.And I hope that I can immigrant there someday. :D

My great-aunt and my cousins live in France, but I haven't had a chance to visit them there. They told me how France was really beautiful with all its romantic scenes and such. However, my bf's friend who just came back to the US from France told us it was boring to her. She said although the place was beautiful, but it was too boring. She'd stayed there for about half a year and she had to come back because she couldn't take it. I guess people can have different interests for the same place; some might like it and some might not. Either way, I still wanna visit it to see what the fuss is really about. By the way, where do you live, Henry?

lydiaaaaa wrote:simplyblessedwithlove
Thanks for your reply,actually Maldives is really a marvellous for us to visit as the view there is really beautiful,if you love swimming then it will a suitable place for you as there are a lot of beaches,not only for swimming ,you can diving there as i know that there are a activity for the tourist that they can have the chance to dive and see the colourful coral.It's really fantastic!!!
Also something special about Maldives is some of the hotel there are built in centre of the sea that mean if you want to go back to your hotel,you have to swim !Isn't that funny?????

Hi~I never been to anywhere outside HK...I only visit Xian in China with the Chinese History study group.I want to visit Australia because I know that it is very beautiful undersea there,and I love things undersea except the shark,they are terrible!!I love the seahorses,they are quite cutie^^

Egypt has great river Naile you can get a boat and have a nice tripe in it.I live in Cairo there is a Museum the all tourists come to visit it any way Egypt has the third monuments of the whole
world. Try to come and you will see.Welcome any time.
Have a nice time. :D

Hi Yasmina,
Thanks for your introduction of Eygpt and i really want to visit the river Naile and get a boat to have a nice trip to relax myself,maybe i'll visit it in this summer.Anyway,thanks a lot for your valuable introduction.

lydiaaaaa wrote:In my opinion, the best country to visit is Japan because we can play many exciting games in the Disney and also we can see the famous cartoons there too.Also,the food there is very delicious especially the shushi and there has a lot shopping centres which we can buy many gift to my friends tooooo!
PS.I am happy to tell you that we have the same topic,let's come and give some comments!!!

HK also will build Disney.And I don't like Japan.I hate Japanese!They kill our people and deny what they committing in China-Japan war.They sell electronic rubbish to China!!As a Chinese I'm very disappoint with you!

I must admit I'm facinated with Ancient history so if I ever have the money to travel the first place I would go is Egypt. Followed quickly by Greece, Italy, Paris then England (Scotland, Ireland etc).

Then for the rest I would need THE GREEK ISLANDS!! Oh yes this sounds like bliss.

I think unlinke most people that best countries to visit are those all forgotten little exotic places not inhabited by people... there is just this certain beauty within it.. not everyone can see it but still it's worth going somwhere unknown just to see what others didn't... but that's just my point of view... :)

i still have not traveled the world by means of transportation... but for me the best countries to visit are those in europe.. i like greece and italy. for me these countries resemble the ancient civilization.. France and UK are also viable countries to visit... they show the modern world and there are many chic places for you to go to... BON VOYAGE!!!

every country has something different to offer and we won't know about it unless we visit it ourselves. I'd like to go to Czech Rep. because it's not that famous like Scotland or Ireland but it's got pretty much the same to offer. You just have to know how to explore it :P

Podziomka wrote:Hey! What's the best country to visit. Could you recommend any and write why do you think it's good one?

You probably won't visit a country but a city or some places in a Country... :)
What do you want to visit? what do you want to see? museums? buildings? clubs? beaches? rivers? mountains? rich people? poor people? ...

But if you want to visit a country, I recomend you Russia since it's the biggest country and so you will have a lot of places to visit, a lot of geography to travel, a lot of things to see... :)

You can help me with my English by telling me my mistakes in a private message. Thanks :)

I was on Maldives this year and I can say that it was the best holiday of my life :D
It is a very beautiful and quiet place... Our island had a length only 500 metres :o fantastic... we were swimming with a lot of fish, with turtles, we even saw a little coral shark :) And in the evenings we were sitting alone on the beach and listening ocean...
It is a good place for romantic :D

If you are interested in beautiful places in southamerica you will be find a lot.
For example; Chile is a beutifull country, its geography permits to find differents climates. you will see from dessert to icebergs.
Places more visited in Chile are "San pedro de atacama,""laguna San rafael", "torres del Paine", but there are many places with mountains,country and beaches.
If you like skiing or snowboarding you can go to "valle nevado", if you like l surfing you can go to "Iquique, Arica, Totoralillo or Pichilemu", if you like hiking or rafting" you can go to "pucon".
well, if you need more information you can ask me whenever you want. I kwow much about this country.

HI ALL
NICE TALLKING ABUTE travel. last summer i ben in thi it nice place exacly chang mai. and after theat i go to egept naice pepole and places but tray to veset it in winter.
bay the way do some one try to viset saudia.
if some intrest i give my hand to helpe.

I've never gone abroad. It's all my desire. I like travelling to Eroupe, Japan, Australia, America. I love going sightseeing and visit the museums in another countries. I think it's wonderful. Every country has the own valuable beauty! How interesting if I can go everywhere on over the world!!!

well ...you try to guess what country is best to visit. Isn't it better to ...visit whole world and then debate which country was the best??????
All in all I found a very interesting link to read.
How to hitchhike a world in 5 years.
Interesting, indeed.
Have a nice reading and good lesson of languages it is for sure:)http://www.geocities.com/kingachopin
Ps. for those who don't like risky and uncomfortable life I can recommend a place where you can find many interesting infos from people who like them:)http://www.phrasebase.com/
When I was younger I liked hitchhiking too. Nowadays I would be too lazy to travel such a way. And still it would be too expansive to me to travel the world even by hitchihikng. Far beyond my financial possibilities and - probably - needs:)
:D

well .. let me see .. there are many countries that i would love to visit but the first one in my list is Ukraine , i have seen such a lovely photos of Kiev , its fantastic ! :D
the second country will be Italy and definitely Sicily , probably the best place for spending a memorable summer
and at the end i always loved to visit Bali islands , a little piece of heaven on earth , as i read about it once ... ..

I would probably go to Kaukas because I think these mountains are very beautiful and only some words about biodiversity of Kaukas here and there. These mountains make a border between Europe and Asia. I think it would be good to see Elbrus. I read that it isn't totally immpossible to climb 5600 metres there but conditions - I mean facilities are tragic. And you can be killed by a lighting even during sunny and unstormy day!!!
Besides I would go to Iran. They say Garden Eden was started there. I man Iran-Iraq. Close to Euphrat River etc.
But in the meantime I would choose Ireland probably.
Ireland or France. The best both.
Anahita - but why Ukraine? Would you like to admire Ukrainian steppes? They say they are really breath-taking.
Besides nothing special in Ukraine not counting Eastern Churches.
And history:)
You speak English very well!
Congratulations!!!
:)

And I think in our cultures some young people are very gifted as deals arts. Specially dancing or singing. The same is in Russia.
I wonder how it is in Near(?!?) Asian countries like Iran-Iraq etc. Different culture there.
Well...besides I hope noone feels offended when I told not too many interesting things to see in Ukraine. I should rather say - not too many attractions for tourists there - probably it would sound beter (as far as I know of course).
Besides -personally- I would never trust anyone who belong eastern catholic church. I think these people are mostly false the same way as Polish roman catholics are:( .
But I claim these all because of my daily experiences. Probably someone from Iran would have different opinion. Hahaha:(
People from Ukraine very often come to Poland and trade - they arenot too honest I must say. That's why I say I don't think Ukraine is interesting.
But maybe am I mistaken?
Who knows?
Doth I never was there!
:)

Yes - personally I think much more facilities/attractions for tourists in Turkey than in Ukraine. In Ukraine you can visit churches, in Turkey probably also but somehow it seems to me that more things there compared to Ukraine.
But I don't have to be right of course.
As deals me I think I SHOULD see (simply SHOULD) Paris and I would like to get something more about famous Celtic tribes.
One time the Celts dominated throughout Euro-Asian continent and their very few remmants are what we know from far Ireland.
Simply the Celt are forgotten in the Continent cause the age of Greeks and Romans came soon and they gave a true orgin to contemporary civilisation - not the Celts. Ireland is far from the continent and was far from Roman influences so the memory of Celts lasted there stronger till today.
Thanks for reading:)

Sunny wrote: China is a wonderful country too.It is beautiful.It has delicious food and ancient building,Also has very besutiful scenery.Moreover,the price of ware is very cheap.You can buy lots of mementos for your friends.

i am not sure if you has been China, could you please list some interested place and things?

hereiam wrote:I would probably go to Kaukas because I think these mountains are very beautiful and only some words about biodiversity of Kaukas here and there. These mountains make a border between Europe and Asia. I think it would be good to see Elbrus. I read that it isn't totally immpossible to climb 5600 metres there but conditions - I mean facilities are tragic. And you can be killed by a lighting even during sunny and unstormy day!!!
Besides I would go to Iran. They say Garden Eden was started there. I man Iran-Iraq. Close to Euphrat River etc.
But in the meantime I would choose Ireland probably.
Ireland or France. The best both.
Anahita - but why Ukraine? Would you like to admire Ukrainian steppes? They say they are really breath-taking.
Besides nothing special in Ukraine not counting Eastern Churches.
And history:)
You speak English very well!
Congratulations!!!
:)

First I am sorry about my late reply i didnt see this till now ( i am always checking only 2 or 3 of forums daily cause i cant read all the posts)
And its wonderful that you have this information about Elburs honestly i didnt expect many people here know about these mountain in Iran ( which are not very known for the rest of the world ) :D and yes , this mountain has unpredictable natural condition (especially when it comes to weather ) and kind of dangerous if you want to go there alone but its one of the most beautiful places in Tehran and many people including locals and tourists are going to visit it every weekend .. my house is near to this mountain and i can see it through my window every morning which is very beautiful sight , especially in winters when its snowing ...

Anahita - but why Ukraine? Would you like to admire Ukrainian steppes? They say they are really breath-taking.
Besides nothing special in Ukraine not counting Eastern Churches.
And history:)

Well , why Ukraine? I guess its mostly because of the good , positive image that I have about Ukrainian people ( one of my best freinds is from Ukraine and i would love to meet him in Kiev , which i have heard is a lovely city. i should check this out myself ! ) i don’t like to travel just for seeing the places , natural life or historical buildings , I prefer to visit new people from different ethnic and roots who are living in various daily life . besides I think Ukraine has many beautiful places that may catch every ones attention I know it may seems an ordinary place for an European but I think I will love it when I go there for visiting my friends ..

It is alsways nice to see your letters (interesting + good English).
Well ...lately I have read some info about gardens (I am trying to write a short books about history of gardens cause this subject interests me a lot of).
It is Iran-Iraq where CIVILISATION was started. What is civilisation? There are cities and people who sit in one place and build something.
Last year I also watched a good movie about Alexander the Great and how he won Persia.
Near East emipires had been existing long before ancient Egipt and some Persian rulers were said to keep gardens based built the same way Biblical Eden Garden was built by a God.
I also learnt that a Babel Tower was raised somewhere not far from Babylon city and according to Bible during constructing of this tower God made a mess inside human languages so finally they weren't able to communicate. However I can find nowhere HOW LONG the Babel Tower was being built. It could tell as something more about probablility of language -mess during its building.
Besides, it seems to me that the story of decorative gardens makes the story of the world and civilisations much more than the dates of all battles and wars together.
Salute for you Anahita!
And for your favourite Ukraine:)

1. see the analogy Babel - Babylon (Babel means the Gate to God)
2. a short book
2. people weren't able to communicate
3. to keep garden based on Biblical Eden Garden that was built by God
4. during construction
thanks for reading:)

kannie wrote:Actually, i have been to Taiwan only, and i think Taiwan is really a wonderful country to visit, especially the bookstores and the night markets. If you visit taiwan, what you have to worry about is how to spend your time efficiently and how you can visit all the places that you are interested in. JUST VISIT AND ENJOT!

First of all, I agree with u that Taiwan is a good PLACE to visit,but
Taiwan is not a country, it's only a part of China.
In history ,there were two governments in China, but only one stayed in China's mainland. Taiwan is a history problem, but not a country.

Sunny wrote: China is a wonderful country too.It is beautiful.It has delicious food and ancient building,Also has very besutiful scenery.Moreover,the price of ware is very cheap.You can buy lots of mementos for your friends.

i am not sure if you has been China, could you please list some interested place and things?

nature : "jiu zhai gou" in SICHUAN province may be the best,
If u have time ,you could visit "YunNan" province,the city of "KumMing" is called the city of spring.
food:It's hard to say,'cause China has many food series.Different sery has diffrerent taste.川，淮，鲁，粤 are the biggest four series.

hereiam wrote:It is alsways nice to see your letters (interesting + good English).
Well ...lately I have read some info about gardens (I am trying to write a short books about history of gardens cause this subject interests me a lot of).
It is Iran-Iraq where CIVILISATION was started. What is civilisation? There are cities and people who sit in one place and build something.
Last year I also watched a good movie about Alexander the Great and how he won Persia.
Near East emipires had been existing long before ancient Egipt and some Persian rulers were said to keep gardens based built the same way Biblical Eden Garden was built by a God.
I also learnt that a Babel Tower was raised somewhere not far from Babylon city and according to Bible during constructing of this tower God made a mess inside human languages so finally they weren't able to communicate. However I can find nowhere HOW LONG the Babel Tower was being built. It could tell as something more about probablility of language -mess during its building.
Besides, it seems to me that the story of decorative gardens makes the story of the world and civilisations much more than the dates of all battles and wars together.
Salute for you Anahita!
And for your favourite Ukraine:)

Salute and thanks so much Hereiam for posting these wonderful information and its always a pleasure to read your posts , once again wish you best of luck in your adventures and writing your books :D

Hello Anahita - my wish would be to write long pieces of news like this one:

It is alsways nice to see your letters (interesting + good English).
Well ...lately I have read some info about gardens (I am trying to write a short book about history of gardens cause this subject interests me a lot ).
It is Iran-Iraq where CIVILISATION was started. What is civilisation? There are cities and people who sit in one place and build something.
Last year I also watched a good movie about Alexander the Great and how he won Persia. I am writing about it cause it was time when one big civilisation won another - quite independent one.
Near East emipires had been existing long before ancient Egipt But resuming gardens - some Persian rulers were said to own decorative gardens built the same way Biblical Eden Garden was built by a God.
Today we would rather say they owned first parks more than gardens cause trees were present in Eden garden.
It is also interesting to realize what is a difference between contemporary meaning of words "garden" and "park".
Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of 7 miracles of whole the Ancient World!
I also learnt that a Babel Tower was raised somewhere not far from Babylon city and according to Bible during construction of this tower God made a mess in human languages so finally peaople weren't able to communicate. However, I can find nowhere HOW LONG the Babel Tower was being built. It could tell us something more about probablility of the language-mess during its building.
Besides, it seems to me that the story of decorative gardens makes the story of the world and civilisations much more than the dates of all battles and wars together.
Salute for you Anahita!
And for your favourite Ukraine:)

without any language errors.
Notice that I improved my text a bit and added there some details.
And concluding I can say that if Bible is right first garden was in fact first park so the word park is rooted in much earlier times than Europe's Middle Ages (as I learnt from English wikipedia)
well... as a young kid I loved reading archeological books.
If it was paid better I could look for some valid things and dig out all my life.
but nothing like this is possible to me at this moment:(
ps. what would you like to see in Ukraine the best Anahita?:)

Have you ever visited Viet nam,a small country,which is situated next to china. Have you ever heart about the victory of my country against USA and France?Have u known that this peaceful country is the pride of millions of people? If I have a chance to vote for the most beautiful place in the world, vietnam is surely my answer.... :D

Yes - I heard that some nations has lot of problems with your country (specially US). They still make movies about their diseaster!:(
Trying to compare Vietnam to Poland I must say Germans coped much better with the last.
Don't know why.
Probably because Warsaw isnot as far as Moscow?!?
Who knows!
ps. but noone managed to win with Russia. Both Napolean and Hitler failed. today we have had 25 Celsjus centigrades below zero and this is merely Silesia - still thousands of kilometres to Moscow!
But what I would like to say is that I have someone in my family - one still living brother of my grandmother that was sent to fight at the battle of Stalingrad.
The hell was there. People were eating people. No food.
I see him a pawn of history.
We all are pawns of history:(.
When your country loses a war or you lose your ideas or go astride the truth you become MOSTLY only a pawn of history no matter you like it or not.
I know such things cause I can see them everywhere around.
:)
Never better:)

2. besides WHO was sent - not THAT was sent
3. and numerous other language mistakes but I hope people are able to understand the whole text.

Besides there was no food at Stalingrad. People didn't have neither warm clothes nor medical treatment while diseases spread.:(
probably it all was deu to fact airplanes were sending only new bombs instead of food and clothes.
Who knows?
never better:)

hereiam wrote:
ps. what would you like to see in Ukraine the best Anahita?:)

hmm .. well .. probably Kreschatik street in Kiev will be my first choice i have heard its a very beautiful street with musician who are performing different kind of music ,painters , lovely souvenir shops and great malls ( lol .. now iam drooling on the keyboard ! ) and its a very good place for taking a walk and enjoying of your time , then you can go for a boat trip on Denpro .. yeah
then St. Sophia's Cathedral is not a bad choice ( I love to visit some orthox style church , comparing to our eastern style in Iran , they can gives a very nostalgic , soothing feeling to a beholder , like you are still in home you know .. and then Kiev opera house and Museum of Ukrainian Fine Arts , cause I am crazy art lover .LOL .. and then .. I guess I better stop ! going to fetch some tea , helps me to wake up from dreaming ! :P

Hello:)
I think that everyone is different. If being in Ukraina I would go and look for famous Ukrainian steppes.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steppe
I would lie there and do nothing or do some research there picking up plants.
All in all I would keep far from Kijew cause people from Ukrainian privince spit at Kijew very much.
Sad but true like everywhere in Eastern Europe where people are obsessed with need of power. And power is money.
In my country people love US so much but don't want to notice that no big money is earned by ruling people in Western countries. In Poland these people have high salaries.
ps. I always keep very close to nature and wildlife in my life cause I can see a meaning there. A point. A message. A core.
A conclusion.
Some people say - you don't like animals! Oh I do like them but people so often forget that we are not necessary for the planet earth. It is that we need the planet not that the planet needs us.
Some days ago I found on the Net posts with www sides where old (XVI century) anatomical atlases were scanned and presented to the public.
Some people are bit too fat on them (comparing their built to the present standarts) but as deals human body we didn't make any big progress since Renesaince. Really.
Only technological progres + better and better understanding of physical rules has made a big step forward.
But a travel inside human body still looks the same!
It is really amazing!
:)

I think , the best country to visit is New Zealand . I'm going there on summer. I think NewZealand is very beautiful,safe and clean.But thailand is the great place to visit too. You can go up north to see the beautiful flowers inChiang MAi or go down south to the beautiful beach at Puket or Krebi.It is so wonderful. :D

Hi! I've been in Cuba this winter. It's very interesting coutry. There is a wonderful nature (beaches, mountans), but people whose live there are very poor. I advise to visit Cuba. It's very interesting.

Hello
I' m Quyvk
Today, I want Intruction to you a place Interesting that's Ha Noi Capital of Viet Nam.
I enjoy walk on small street in Ha noi,two side a way have much flowers and Green stree.
In Ha noi have many street to eating and drinking Interesting that you can't go when you visit by people's Hospitality and taste of drinking and eating too.
You too visit museum of war in with France and American....
Thank you.
Letter and article sent to: quyvk@utehy.edu.vn
Greeting become friendly everybody

Canada is the best country to visit. It is safe, clean, and very diverse in cultures and landscape. For more information on coming to Canada for travel and/or study please visit my website http://www.globerunner.ca and find out how I can help you!

I think I love Hanoi sight-seeing the most, I recommend it highly. I hope you have opportunity to get my capital, Ha Noi, Viet Nam. You are able to know my country only about the war against America, but it has been changing day by day.

hehehhe..you loved italy just it has so many beautiful girls/....sa you know ..itally have so many top model..so, it would caused a lot of peoples to think( bad think) ..of coure..it also wonderful food..but I haven't been to there..so I don't know how about the food and the model..

hedwig14 wrote:i still have not traveled the world by means of transportation... but for me the best countries to visit are those in europe.. i like greece and italy. for me these countries resemble the ancient civilization.. France and UK are also viable countries to visit... they show the modern world and there are many chic places for you to go to... BON VOYAGE!!!

hi....me too ...base I also haven't traveled so many country..of course ...for me to say, my best love to visit is uk.one of the reason' s have crazy football game..I SO LOVE THE GAME...MEANWHILE my friends leaning in here..

Ha Noi is a wonderful city. It's clean, safe etc etc , but where's the fun in that? :P No... The real reason "minh yeu" (I love) Ha Noi is the social atmosphere. Here in Canada, everyone stays cooped up in their homes and when they do go out, they're confined inside cars. In Ha Noi, everyone’s front door is wiiide open. Cars? Pffffftttt! Motorbikes! Traffic lights and intersections aren't just places that you stop and go, NO! It's a whole new social atmosphere on its own. You’re stuck at a red light and everyone starts talking to you.

Aside from its social appeal, Hanoi also offers everything right at your doorstep. You don't have to drive 30 minutes in this direction and 30 in the other to go from place to place. Seafood restaurant? Across the street! Park? Down the road! Theatrical play? Five minutes that way! Pho? Beer? Friends? Everywhere! Ha Noi is a wonderful city.